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Toxic chemical releases increased in 2010 throughout the Pacific Northwest and Alaska

Includes TRI data broken out by industry, chemicals, and facilities for Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Recent data from the federal Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) shows that toxic chemical releases rose in Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington. The 2010 TRI reports how over 600 chemicals on the TRI list were managed, where they ended up, and how 2010 releases compare to 2009.

The 2010 TRI National Analysis shows that TRI releases rose 16 percent across the nation between 2009 and 2010, reversing a downward trend from recent years.

Has Sri Lanka`s Government-Sponsored Terrorism Hit the Lowest Low Ever?

British national murdered, Russian woman raped at Tangalla; allegedly by a local politician backed by a gang...

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) - The murder of Kuram Shaikah Zaman, a prosthetic expert with the Red Cross who worked in Gaza, is alleged to have been carried out by a local politician.

The death has led to sharp criticism over the failure of the Sri Lankan government to maintain law and order and also for encouraging lawlessness and criminal behaviour.

The Land of the Chile Pilgrims

The chile pilgrims who come to Hatch every year get a glimpse of a rural society that has changed in many respects but still has passed on certain traditions.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - As the winter sky rehearsed a coming storm, noisy gulls out for cheap pickings swooped low over a McDonalds’ parking lot on the edge of New Mexico’s Elephant Butte Reservoir.

A half hour downriver in the village of Hatch, green and red Christmas decorations mimicked the colors that pump life into the community every year...

Marijuana Reform Advocates Await Results One Year After California Decriminalized Marijuana Possession

California decriminalized marijuana one year ago.

(SACRAMENTO) - One year ago, a law passed by the California State Legislature and signed by then-Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger went into effect removing criminal penalties for possession of up to an ounce of marijuana.

Supporters of the law argued that it would remove some of the financial burden associated with arresting people for marijuana possession, while lessening the damage done by having a criminal record.

The Value of Words

The defense of language is vital. It is therefore fundamental to have a norm that ads may come to adjust to idiomatic corrections.

(MADRID) - The National Federation of Advertising Companies (FNEP) endorsed and signed a norm to perfect Spaniard employment within the various spheres of the Advertising industry. Ángel del Pino, FNEP President, was the one to draft the document.

More than a hundred renowned public figures of the advertising sector defended this initiative by taking action and participation.

NDAA Legalizes Slavery

The hypocrisy is mind-boggling.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - If being kidnapped from one's home or on the street by some agency of the government, imprisoned and prevented from having a hearing or trial, no opportunity to see or hear evidence or to rebut it, and no time limit on this imprisonment, how can this not be considered slavery?

Is not that exactly what black Africans faced in earlier centuries--indefinite detention without time limit?

John Michael Talbot Coming to Salem, Oregon Parish

“Revenge is mine sayeth the Lord.” “Violence begets violence, hatred begets hatred, terrorism begets terrorism,” so rings the prophetic knell of the Reverend Wright

(SALEM / NEW YORK) - Prophets fare poorly in their own country, yet countries would do well to hearken to their prophets.

Scorn, ridicule, and innuendo attend their pronouncements as the righteous defend their actions as logical, existential and necessary. Jeremiah Wright suffered such scorn and mockery because he understood the consequences of revenge on the innocent and the defenceless, justified by whatever inane discourse.

Mysteries of Unseen Force: Racetrack Playa`s Sliding Rocks & River-Curved Rifles in France

Geophysics rendezvous with aerodynamics in Death Valley, possibly solving the 'traveling rock' mystery; while recovered war relics in France defy explanation...

(SALEM) - What elements of nature move solid objects with invisible force?

These questions and a possible answer to the first, are the nature of this article about seemingly unnatural occurrences, at least one of which, may not be such a mystery after all.

Senate Declares US Bestial Military Dictatorship

For the Senate, in its infinite wisdom, not only has unleashed the military against dissidents – but also against household pets: Senate Repeals Bans on Sodomy and Bestiality in the Military

(SUNDANCE, Wyoming) - On December 31, 2011, Obama signed the NDAA, codifying into law for the first time in American history that the military can imprison citizens or non-citizens indefinitely, inside or outside the United States, without charges or trial. - ACLU

This obscene bill was the work of the US Senate.

To be consequent as an Internationalist New Year 2012

Internationalism is an endless struggle, an endless challenge.

(MANHATTAN, N.Y.) - What is internationalism?—cooperation among people and nations, states my dictionary. The book of definitions maintains that internationalism is a principle of communism and socialism. It is the belief of ideological leaders such as Lenin, Fidel and Che.

Che wrote in his essay, “Socialism and Man”, that proletarian internationalism isn’t just a duty but a necessity.